Table 3.

Pump head thrombosis, pump flow und extracorporeal circuit

a: range, b: centrifugal pump, c: standard deviation, d: pump head or entire system exchanged, e: independent of pump model and inflow cannula (DLC or SLC), f: interquartile range, g: diagonal pump, h: percentages were calculated with the given data, i: calculated for all 265 patients, j: calculated for 56 vvECMO runs, k: fHb-plasma level <10mg/dl, l: fHb-plasma level 10-50mg/dl, m: fHb-plasma level >50mg/dl, n: cannulation only documented for 550 of the 591 vvECMO runs. Abbreviations: PHT: pump head thrombosis, vv: veno-venous, SLC: single-lumen cannula, DC: drainage cannula, Ch: Charrière, IC: inflow cannula, n/a: not applicable, DLC: dual-lumen cannula, fHb: plasma free hemoglobin, MERT: mobile ECMO retrieval team, ECMO: extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, H-index: hemolysis index.